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Mar. 20, 1923. 1,448,935. M. J. NEWMAN ET AL.

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ATTORILUEYl Patented Mar. 20, 1923.

unirse srarss eers MORRIS J'. NEWMAN AND MICHELE IANNETTI, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

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Application led December' 19, 1921, Serial No. 523,334. Renewed February 8, 1923.4

To LZZ' fio/mnt it may cof/accru Be it known that` Monnrs J. NEWMAN and MICHELE IANNIQTTI, both citizens of 'the United Sta-tes, residing' at the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn` in the county of Kings and State of New York. have invented certain new and useful In'iprovements in Beds, of which the following is a specification.

This .invention relates to beds. More particularly it is `directed to a childs bed or crib wherein provision made for the raising4 and lowering of a side to facilitate the placing;` of the occupant into the crib or removing the child therefrom when desired.

One object thereof is to provide in a crib `of this character means for lowering and raising` a side thereof which means shall be inaccessible'to the occupant, proof against being' tampered with and thus adapted to prevent accidental falli -g ofthe child out of the crib.

Another object is to provide a device of the character described which shall be simple in construction, and easy to manipulate, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture and eiiicient in operation to a high degree.

Other objects of this invention will in part. be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the followine; claims.

In the accompanying drawings, in which is shown one of various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. l is a side elevation of a crib, embodyinnr and containing the invention;

Fig.r 2 is a fragmentary view showing in vertical section the locking mechanism and the portions of the crib to which the parts are secured;`

Fig. 3` is a detail section of the locking mechanism taken along line 3 3 of Fig. l;

Fig. t is a detail section cut along line 4 4 of Fig. 2. i

Referring in detail to the drawing, there is illustrated in Fig. l a childs crib l() having a vertically slidable side 1l adapted to be lowered into position such as shown in dotted' lines in Fig. l so as to make the interior of the crib readily accessible for placing` a child therein or removing it therefrom.

Means are provided for automaticallyiand releasably locking the slidable side ll in closed position, To this end a bracket l2 is secured to the lower rail 13 of the side ll. Preferablyy the bracket l2 is provided with a flat fange l-l.- extending; at right angles thereto and a screw or rivet l5 or other suitable fastening' jmember passes through the Harige and the rail 13 so as to secure the bracket rigidly in position. Formed integral with. the bracket l2 is a trip member 16 having a flat. bottom face 17 and a outl away side so as to form a cam face 15% for the purpose khereiimfter described.

An angle bar 19 is secured to a pair of side posts 20, 20 of the crib, and secured to one face 2l thereof by means such screws or other fastening; members 22 is an open lock casing` 23, the other face 24 of the angle serving` to enclose between it and the Hat face 25 of the casing a guide within which slides a lock bolt member 26. This bolt member is provided with a longitudinal slot 27 within which lies a spring 28 having one end secured. to a pin 29 extending from the inner wall `of the face 25 into the slot and the other end secured to rear wall of the slot as at 30. The bolt member isformed at the rear with a flat integralstopmcmher 8l, and at the front end with a trip portion 32 having a fiat top face 33 on which normally rests the corresponding` `bottom face 1T of the trip member i6. The trip portion 32 has the front side thereof cut away so as to form a cam face Sillcorresponding `to the cam facel but cnt in the reverse direction as will appearv from Fig. 2. p Extending' from the rear portion of thek slidable lock bolt 26 is an ear member b5 tol which is pivoted a vertical latch bar 8i" havinf,Y an operating portion ,38, adapted to be foot-manpulated. The upper portion 37 of the latch bar extending above the pivotal point is adapted to act against the rear wall of the casing so as to force the slide bolt to move inward and away from the trip member 16. y

The operation of the device will now ,be clear. ln the nornial closed position (that raised position) oftheslidable side lll, the trip member 16 rests on the trip portion 32 with their respective bottom and top faces abuttingv each other. If it is'desiredto lower the side 11, the operating portion 3S is pushed to the side by means oi the toot, when the latch bar 3T is moved against the action' of the spring thus causing the lock bolt 26. to be withdrawn into the casing. The trip portion 32 will then have moved away from the trip member 16 andthe bracket 12, thus released will drop under the influence of its own weight carrying with it the slidable side 11. The relation of the parts in this open position ot the crib is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. 1n restoring the side 11 to normal closed position, it is simply pushed up manually and as the cam face 18 moves upward it rides on and acts against the reverse cam face Se, thus forcing the lock bolt 26 in against the spring 28 and just as the bottom of the canl tace 18 passes the top of the cam face 3e, the restoring action ci the spring forces the trip portion 32 out to be positioned under the trip member 16 thus automatically locking the side 11 in closed position. It will be noted that the operating handle or latch bar 37 is completely on the outside of the crib, far removed from the occupant and operable practically only from the outside of the crib.

lt will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention `are achieved and which is woll adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

, As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention and asjvarious changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: y

1. A crib provided with a pair oi' side posts and a vertically movable side railing,

i a 'bracket extending downwardly from said side railing, a trip member extending from said bracketand having a cut away portion, a support between the said end posts, a lock secured to said support for releasably supporting said trip member, Said lock comprising a lock bolt and a spring opera-tively secured thereto, said lock-bolt havinga cutaway portion adapted to co-act with the corresponding cut-away portion of the trip member for retracting the lock bolt upon raising the side railing.

2. A crib provided with a pair of side posts and a vertically movable side railingN a bracket extending downwardly from said side railing, a trip member having a cut away portion carried by said bracket, a sup port between said end posts, a lock secured to said support, said lock comprising a casing, a lock bolt having a cut-away portion adapted to co-act with the corresponding cut-away portion oi the trip member for releasably supporting said trip member, said loclr bolt having a slot formed therein and provided with an opening adjacent one end of said slot, a pin formed in the casing adjacent the other end ot' said slot, a spring disposed within said slot with the ends thereof secured within the opening and to the pin, and a/latch bar pivotallysecured t0 said loci; bolt for releasing the trip member.

3. A crib provided with a pair ot side posts, and a vertically movable side railing, a braclretextending downwardly from said side railing, a trip member carried by said bracket, a support maintained between said end posts, a loclr secured to said support, said lock comprising a casing open at the rear thereof and disposedy on the support so as to form a channel, a lock bolt adapted to be reciprocated within said channel, said lock bolt having a slot formed therein and provided with an opening adjacent one end ot' said slot, a pin termed in the casing adjacent the other end of said slot, a spring disposed within said slot with the ends thereof secured within' the opening and to the pin and a latch bar pivotally secured to said lock bolt for releasing the trip member.

11. In a crib, in combination with a movable side member ii'or opening and closing the same, and in combination with a horizontal support disposed on the lower portion @t the said crib on the movable side thereof, a locking device Jfor automatically locking the said side member, said locking device comprising a bracket member se` cured to said side member and having a vertically cut away trip member extending therefrom and disposed with its lower face substantially horizontal and its cut away portion .inclined and adapted to act as a cani face, andl means secured to said horizontal support for normally supporting the said bracket member adjacent the lower horizontalv trip member face thereof, said means comprising a casing member secured to said horizontal support and adapted to slidably hold therebetween a bolt member, having a trip member extending from one end thereof adapted to co-act with said aforementioned trip member, a spring member within said casing and adapted to normally hold said bolt member so that the said trip members abut each other, and a latch member pivoted to the free end ot said bolt member tor removing the latter from under the bracket member.

in testimony whereof we aiiizr our signa- Y tures.

Messrs J. NEWMAN. Mrciinnii rannsrri. 

